It's been less than a month since Alastair Stone, Jason Thayer, and Jason's sister Verity discovered a monstrous conspiracy to take over our world one mind at a time. The battle in San Francisco struck a major blow--but it didn't eliminate the threat.

Not even close.

Where do the Evil come from? How did they get here? As Stone, Jason, and Verity dig deeper into these questions, they make a shocking discovery about the nature of the Evil--and what happened that opened the door into our dimension. What they find sends them on a desperate cross-country race from the wilds of West Virginia to the dark neon wonderland of Las Vegas as they attempt to stop the Evil at its source before it's too late.

From a new colony of Forgotten to a powerful and mysterious gray mage with unclear motives, they will find help in their efforts--but will it be enough?

Don't miss the rest of the series:

Stone and a Hard PlaceThe ForgottenThe ThresholdThe SourceCore of StoneBlood and StoneHeart of StoneFlesh and StoneThe Infernal HeartThe Other SidePath of StoneNecessary Sacrifices

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About the Author

When not doing her best to make life difficult for her characters, R. L. King is a software technical writer for a large Silicon Valley database company. She also freelances for Catalyst Game Labs, publisher of the popular roleplaying game Shadowrun, where she's contributed fiction and game material to numerous sourcebooks and one full-length adventure, "On the Run," which was included as part of the 2012 Origins-Award-winning "Runners' Toolkit." Her first novel in the Shadowrun universe, "Borrowed Time," will be published in April 2015. When not writing or working, she enjoys hanging out with her very understanding spouse and her small herd of cats, and watching way too much Doctor Who.

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It's ok, there is just too much filling though, I could skip pages and not loose track of what was happening, the characters need to be filled out, more personality and likability. I didn't buy the next one in the series, just didn't care enough about the story or characters.

Once again Alastair and his friends have to fight the evil this time to close the portals that bring them through as they make new alloys and enemies they have to fight for their lives and sanity brilliant storyline.

R.L. King’s The Threshold is R.L. King's the third book in her series The Alistair Stone Chronicles. This installment is very well done as it truly is a standalone as well as an integral part of the overall story arc. Alistair continues his investigation into the Evil with Verity and Jason who are more than just lightly sketched sidekicks or foils, they are tangible assets to the story and to Alistair. Secondary characters and locations were well drawn without over detail or plodding. I appreciated the fast pace nature of this novel.I have enjoyed being in King's world and look forward to reading #4. Do yourself a favor and pick up Stone and a Hard place and get ready to be entertained.

I'm addicted to this entire series. Eagerly awaiting the future stories. I'm not quick to review books because I don't have the patience to spell out long detailed accounts. I can only say that I LOVE them all, and they keep getting better and better. The last several books have had minor grammatical errors that I did not find in the first books and I tend to watch for this sort of thing, or rather 'notice' them would be a better expression. I'm sure it's because her Stone stories have been in such demand that she is cranking them out quickly. I'm not complaining by any stretch of the imagination. Minor typos I can handle much better than withdrawal from this intriguing series of books. Awaiting her promised release coming in November of 2017.

I love the way The Threshold started. It quickly made me want to read the rest of the story to find out what would happen next. Also as the third book had a bit less exposition and dived right into the story. The fun started right away.

The side characters in this one are great. There is a character that appears in the second half of the book that not only stretches Stone's world but provided a great foil for our three heroes.

The Threshold is my favorite Stone book to date. The best compliment I can give it is that I am nearly done with book four (aka The Source) and cannot wait to read more about our trio. Here's hoping King has a lot more to say about Alastair, Verity, and Jason.

I could only give this installment 3 stars. For some reason I didn't enjoy it as much as her first two. Much of it seemed two dimensional to me, simplistic and lots of things happening because it was convenient to the story. I also am having some trouble liking the "evil." It just seems too simplistic and not much other than evil. There isn't much explanation about it beyond a couple of plot devices. I will continue to read the series to see if it returns more to what I enjoyed in the first two books and go from there. The thing I've noticed about this series is that the author is putting them out lickity split. Some have three or four months between books. In my opinion that means the author is giving preference to quantity over quality. Maybe she should consider much more writing effort in the quality of the story overall. Anyway, I'm reasonably happy so far but if I find another urban fantasy series more fun and involved I may very well switch.

Absolutely awesome urban fantasy. Edge-of-the-seat plotting combined with complex characters. Every time I thing I can 't love Stone any more, there's a new level and a new reason. Verity and Jason are also finding new depths. And the epilogue has a twist that promises even better books to come!

The only flaw I found was the beginning-- a little bit heavy on the backstory. While appreciate that the author feels the need to catch up new readers, I think there's too much info-dump that slows down the first couple of chapters. But the overall brilliance of the novel far outweighs this weak start. I only mention it because I would hate for a reader to give up too soon and miss out on a fantastic read!